NAMES. BATTLES AT WHICH THEY HAD SERVED. John Wilton Talavera and Salamanca. James Mellor Talavera, Salamanca, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nivelle, and Toulouse. Josh. Rushton Talavera, Salamanca, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nivelle, and Toulouse. Jno. Robinson Talavera, Vittoria, and Pyrenees. Geo. Bannister Salamanca, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nivelle, and Toulouse. Wm. Hartley Salamanca, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nivelle, and Toulouse. Wm. West Salamanca, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nivelle, and Toulouse. Thos. Cox Salamanca. Abm. Peel Talavera and Salamanca. Saml. Sutcliffe Talavera, Salamanca, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nivelle, and Toulouse. Jas. Whitehead Talavera, Salamanca, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nivelle, and Toulouse. John Whitely Talavera, Salamanca, and Toulouse. Wm. Brooksbank Salamanca. Hen. Cockroft Talavera and Salamanca. John Smith Salamanca. Serjeant Wilton was promoted to the adjutancy of the battalion; Serjeant Mellor to serjeant-major; and Serjeant Rushton to quarter-master serjeant. [Sidenote: 1816] During this year the second battalion remained on duty at St. Helena, where it received the thanks of the Governor, Lieut.-General Sir Hudson Lowe: in May Lieut.-Colonel Mansel arrived and assumed the command. [Sidenote: 1817] The second battalion of the FIFTY-THIRD remained on duty at St. Helena until July of this year, when the continued peace of Europe occasioning a considerable reduction in the army, it was ordered to return to England to be disbanded. It transferred thirteen serjeants, one drummer, and two hundred and eighty-eight rank and file to the first battalion in India; and embarking from St. Helena in the middle of July, received, previous to going on board of the ship "Baring," the expression, in general orders, of the Governor's approbation and admiration of its conduct while at St. Helena. Previous to the officers of the FIFTY-THIRD quitting the island, Napoleon Bonaparte expressed a wish for them to wait on him, and the Governor having consented, they attended at the residence of Napoleon. He expressed his thankfulness for the manner in which the corps had performed the duties on which it had been employed, and for the attention and respect he had always experienced from every individual belonging to it; and also expressed his wishes for the prosperity and happiness of every member of the corps.[14] On the 14th of September the second battalion arrived at Portsmouth, from whence it proceeded to join the depôt at Canterbury, where it was disbanded on the 20th of October. 1817. FOOTNOTES: [13] See Memoir of the services of Major-General Sir George R. Bingham, K.C.B., Appendix, page 69.